25. February 2016
Brasilians to enjoy Merivaara products
Merivaara has signed a distribution contract with Network Medical in the largest market in Latin America, Brazil.
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13. November 2015
New way to make OR procedures more efficient and to save costs
Hospitals and clinics today are having access to great new technology that help them take better care of their patients, for example, imaging systems that play a major role in both diagnostics and surgical procedures. At the same time, the staff needs to adapt to using new systems and various user interfaces at an increasing speed.
13. April 2015
Markku Aherto appointed as CEO of Merivaara Corporation
Merivaara Corporation announced today the appointment of its new CEO, Mr Markku Aherto. Mr. Aherto has been working as Sales Director of the company since January 2015. Prior to that Aherto has worked in the Board of OscareMedical Oy. Mr Aherto has also earlier been working for Merivaara, as Director of Export Sales and Marketing, between 2005 and 2011. Furthermore, he has held several sales, marketing and general management positions for e.g. Hackman Metos Oy and Planmeca Oy.
12. November 2014
Antibacterial furniture based on Finnish expertise improves hygiene
Hospital-acquired infections kill more people than car accidents every year. The HYGIENE solution comprises a series of antibacterial products for hospitals and health care centres to help reduce the amount of infectious bacteria and viruses that can be contracted from contact surfaces. Merivaara is introducing the HYGIENE concept with hospital beds that are machine washable and made with antibacterial material.
5. November 2014
Orthopedic surgery set-up made easy with new system
Merivaara’s new, innovative multipurpose extension device Flexion™ provides a single system for several fields of orthopedic surgery together with Promerix™ operating table. With its multipurpose functions, Flexion is an excellent choice for hip arthroscopy, as well as for pinning and nailing of hip, femur, tibia or fibula.
9. September 2014
Merivaara appoints new CEO
The Board has appointed Petteri Saarinen as the interim CEO of Merivaara, starting today.
18. August 2014
Green values in focus - RoHS directive also applies to medical device
Environmental factors are becoming ever more important. The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, RoHS 2002/95/EC, was adopted in 2003 by the European Union. Since July 2014, also manufacturers of medical device are required to comply with the directive. Merivaara’s CE-marked products comply with RoHS.
